Motorcycle crash claims life of Shreveport man

Rico Allen - Shreveport Police Dept.

Authorities have identified a
Shreveport man who died following a motorcycle crash overnight
in east Shreveport.

On Saturday August 17, 2013, a Shreveport
Police patrol supervisor observed a group of motorcycles driving
carelessly near the intersection of Shreveport-Barksdale Highway at
Dee Street. Upon observing the actions of the
cyclists, the officer initiated his police vehicle’s emergency lights
and audible siren in efforts to conduct a traffic stop of one of the
motorcyclists observed accelerating from the scene heading south bound
onto Knight Street. The officers attempt to stop the motorcycle came to
naught, as the driver successfully accelerated beyond the officer's visual
contact. It was learned soon after the officers visual of the motorcycle
was lost, he observed what appeared to be remnants of a crash near the
dead end portion of Preston Avenue. Upon the officer's inspection, the
driver of a motorcycle was discovered laying on the ground. Roadway
evidence collected at the scene suggests the motorcycle driver crashed into a
dead end sign located in the 1000 block of Preston Avenue. The driver
of the motorcycle, identified as 30 year old Lonnie Davis of Shreveport, was
transported to LSUHSC with serious injuries and was pronounced deceased at the
hospital a short time later. Davis is thought to be the suspected driver
of the motorcycle observed by the officer moments prior to the crash.

Shreveport Police Crash investigators
arrived on scene launching an investigation into the crash. While no exact
cause of the accident has been established, Crash investigators believe that
speed may have been a causative factor in the crash as they continue their
probe into the events surrounding the accident.